The range in monthly rent payments per apartment is, indicated by the following table. This table shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the percentage of households paying each specified rent per month per apartment.

TABLE 44.-Per cent of households paying each specified rent per month per apartment, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more households reporting. The totals, however, are for all

races.]

The average rent per month per apartment, of the 128 households included in the preceding table, is $7.83; 5.5 per cent paying under $5; 46.9 per cent under $7.50; 76.6 per cent under $10; and 96.1 per cent under $12.50.

Households the heads of which are foreign-born show a larger proportion than those the heads of which are native-born of native father, paying each specified amount, consequently a low average

rent.

The households the heads of which are Swedish show the highest average rent, which is $10.31 per month per apartment. Only 87.5 per cent of the Swedish households are paying under $12.50 per month, as compared with all households, the heads of which are Dutch or Polish, and 90 per cent of those the heads of which are native-born of native father.

The next table presented shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the percentage of households paying each specified per month per room.

rent

TABLE 45.-Per cent of households paying each specified rent per month per room, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more households reporting. The totals, however, are for all

All of the foreign-born households for which information was secured paid under $3 per month per room and all of the Dutch households paid under $2, while none of the Polish or Swedish households paid under $1 per month per room. Of the households of the persons native-born of native father 85 per cent pay under $2 and 95 per cent pay under $3 per month per room.

The per capita rent payment is set forth in the following table which shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the percentage of households paying each specified rent per month per

person.

TABLE 46.-Per cent of households paying each specified rent per month per person, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more households reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

Of the households for which information is secured 89.8 per cent pay under $4 per month per person, 78.9 per cent under $3, 59.4 per cent under $2, and 10.2 per cent under $1. The proportion of households paying under each specified sum is considerably larger in the case of foreign-born persons than in the case of persons native-born of native father. Of the foreign-born the Dutch and Poles have a much larger proportion of households paying under each specified rental per month per person than have the Swedes.

BOARDERS AND LODGERS.

The practice of the housewives in keeping boarders or lodgers in order to supplement the earnings of their husbands has already been shown. In the present connection the extent of the practice and its bearing upon living conditions are considered. The table which immediately follows shows, according to general nativity and race of head of household, the number and percentage of households keeping boarders or lodgers.

TABLE 47.-Number and per cent of households keeping boarders or lodgers, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[Information relating to boarders or lodgers covers only immediate time of taking schedule and not the entire year. Boarders are persons who receive both board and lodging.]

Of the households for which information was secured, 17.5 keep boarders or lodgers. The proportion of households keeping boarders or lodgers is larger for the foreign-born than for the native-born of native father and considerably larger for the latter than for the native-born of foreign father. Of the foreign-born the Lithuanians have the largest and the Dutch by far the smallest proportion of households keeping boarders or lodgers.

The next table presented shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the average number of boarders or lodgers per household. In this table the averages are based (1) on the total number of households and (2) on the number of households keeping boarders or lodgers.

TABLE 48.-Average number of boarders or lodgers per household, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[Information relating to boarders or lodgers covers only immediate time of taking schedule and not the entire year. Boarders are persons who receive both board and lodging.]

The table shows that the average number of boarders or lodgers per household, based upon the total number of households studied is 0.29, while the average number of boarders per household, based upon the number of households keeping boarders or lodgers, is 1.64. It will be noted that the average number of boarders or lodgers per household is larger in the foreign-born households than in the households whose heads were native-born of native father or those whose heads were native-born of foreign father. Of the foreign-born race groups the Lithuanians and Poles have the largest and the Dutch and German the smallest average number of boarders or lodgers per household, based upon the total number of households, and the Lithuanians and Swedes the largest average number of boarders or lodgers per household, based on the number of households keeping boarders or lodgers.

SIZE OF APARTMENTS OCCUPIED.

The range in the size of apartments occupied by the households studied is set forth in the table next presented. This table shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the percentage of households occupying apartments of each specified number of rooms.

TABLE 49.-Per cent of households occupying apartments of each specified number of rooms, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more households reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

The table preceding shows that of the 338 households studied in this industry, none occupy apartments of only 1 room, and only very small proportions occupy apartments of 2, 3, or 4 rooms, while the proportion of those occupying apartments of 5 rooms is only slightly higher than the proportion occupying apartments of 7 or more rooms, or 6 rooms, in the order named. No households, whose heads are native-born of foreign father, occupy apartments of less than 4 rooms, as compared with 4 per cent of those households whose heads are foreign-born, occupying apartments of 2 and 3 rooms, and 2.9 per cent of the households, the heads of which are native whites born of native father, occupying apartments of 2 rooms. As between the households the heads of which are foreign-born and those whose heads are native-born of foreign father, occupying apartments of 4 or more rooms, it will be noted that, with the exception of those occupying apartments of 7 or more rooms, the proportion of the latter occupying apartments of each specified number of rooms is slightly above the proportion of the former. On the other hand, the proportion of households, the heads of which are native whites born of native father, occupying apartments of 4 rooms, is slightly above, and the proportion occupying apartments of 7 or more rooms considerably above that shown in the total for all households, while the proportion occupying apartments of 6 rooms is slightly less, and the proportion occupying apartments of 5 rooms considerably less than the proportion shown in the total. Among the households whose heads are foreigh-born, it will be noted that, with the exception of the Dutch, 0.8 per cent of which occupy apartments of 2 rooms, no households, the heads of which are of some other race, occupy apartments of less than 3 rooms. Among those occupying apartments of 5 or 6 rooms, the proportions of each household follow the same general tendency as shown by the total. This is also true of the Dutch and Polish households occupying apartments of 7 or more rooms, while the Lithuanian and Swedish households, each show a proportion occupying apartments of this number of rooms below that shown